Next week we will be discussing our Congestion Free Network idea at the IPENZ Transportation Group Auckland meeting. You are all welcome to attend but please do register if you intend to. Click here to do so.
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Next week we will be discussing our Congestion Free Network idea at the IPENZ Transportation Group Auckland meeting. You are all welcome to attend but please do register if you intend to. Click here to do so.
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Okay seeming I am already in town that day on Unitary Plan matters I’ll trundle along to this too 😀
Clashes with this 🙁
http://www.fabians.org.nz/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&id=81&reset=1
Bugger! Bill is good.
Completely unrelated… We’ve seen New York’s Highline linear park here a couple of times. Now they’re planning to turn a disused underground trolley station in to the world’s first underground park, the Lowline. I think it’s a fascinating idea.
http://untappedcities.com/2013/07/26/nyc-lowline-worlds-first-underground-park-gets-political-support/
http://untappedcities.com/2012/09/13/imagining-the-lowline-exhibit-preview/
Will this event be filmed? Debating whether to go to this or to the Fabian Society event!
Attended your IPENZ talk tonight. Just want to say good work , a good presentation from Sudhvir, Nikau-good graphics,Luke Gen zero and Matt and Patrick from the transport blog. Clear- good points discussed. It was thought provoking and agree with getting all modes up to speed which does mean a PT catchup as well as other modes as well and within the current plan without the $12b sounds good to me. Also admire the vision which is a mobile-well rounded, affordable and sustainable city. Patronage will definately increase with standard as a real option presents itself and yes will also better even for the motorists who may have no choice due to other factors . I will make a point of getting more involved.
Yes I also thought it was a great presentation from you all. My impression is that essentially you are talking about redistributing investment into quality levels of service for preferred modes. We have the network we have purchased. Now time to buy another future. Have you seen NZTA report 507 some good stats on the impact if road investment. This and some other recent research (probably established to justify the current approach) are actually quite damning. On the website.
Anna a real good one liner ie redistributing investment into quality levels of service into preferred modes. No one in Auckland including current pro-car only advocates can argue that the current scenario is actually working lets face it and then lets add 1 million people into the mix and more densification so public transport makes even mores sense to counter this. Also no one really wants to fork out an additional $12B to achieve the same levels or worse than we have now. My thoughts are perhaps taking a step further and showing the full/ program with all modes without the current $12B shortfall ie the Congestion Free Network as you’ve done it/budgetted and best distributing whatever is left without the $12B additional supplementary funding then I think you will get all of Auckland on-board. Level of Service is a good performance measure for all of the modes. Also think phasing in a green bus fleet (they are out there )would be good and achieve the generation zero outcomes, must be a way of cost reduction incentives.
Did love the question at the end from the roads first guy: ‘is it on the web?’
Oh dear.
He also had an I retesting way of des dining himself. But he did attend, as did a few other stalwarts, but the good thing is that they also saw that there is a hopefully growing momentum of challenge that is not historical. Perhaps you could also consider developing some clear investment messages about savings for ratepayers
What about Patrick R, or Matt L, or Sud running for the Mayor – on a primarily PT only ticket. You have my vote.
Good presentation and very well presented. You came across as knowing your subject matter well. skipped through the graphs so quickly I don’t even know why they were put in. Keep up the great work.
I have endorsed your congestion free network on Lens Browns website and given a few other acceleration ideas about immediate patronage gains ie a mandate about priority on the network effective this year and cheaper-simpler fares for the uptake. Anyway prepared to get behind you guys. Your talk was worthwhile and even some entrenched roading engineers with over 20 years out there were listening and in my view there really wasn’t much to argue about. I didn’t have any questions it just makes sense to add this artery right now as we are haemorraging. Actually think need to accelerate further and do it real fast to get the mode shift. Time for open heart surgery get the doctor and the knife or it maybe roadmarking/ dedicated bus lanes on the high frequency routes now all over in this case. But think done in conjunction with super easy and cheap fares -off-peak 50% to make affordable for all and spread the demand out.